Helena Bonham Carter excels as Raina, a Bulgarian woman from "a civilized family," in this marvelous 1989 adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's sparkling "anti-romantic comedy." This fizzling farce was actually a send-up of pernicious romantic canards regarding warfare. First produced on the London stage in 1894, Arms and the Man immediately established Shaw's reputation as one of the greatest wits in British drama. This beautifully remastered BBC production brings to life an uproarious comedy that still resonates today, thanks in no small part to the scintillating performance of Bonham Carter and her able foils Patsy Kensit (as Raina's pert maid) and Dinsdale Landen (as Raina's "chocolate crème soldier").